Trains back on track
RURAL commuters will no longer have to catch coaches to Pakenham after trains returned to the Gippsland line on Friday as part of the...
Pokie fears drive Liberal MP
By Elizabeth Lillis CARDINIAmay become a target for additional poker machines, according to local Liberal MP Ken Smith..
He fears State Government policy,...
Lucky escape for driver as truck rolls
A TRUCK driver had a lucky escape when his concrete truck rolled in Pakenham on Tuesday afternoon.
Emergency service workers said the truck, loaded with...
Threat hits home
By Elizabeth LillisHOMEOWNERS in Pinehill Drive Pakenham had a close call when a grass fire spread through their backyards on Tuesday evening.
The fire threatened...
Pub cheers
By Paul DunlopICONIC waterhole Pakenham Hotel is about to have a major facelift.
The historic pub, a favourite meeting place for locals, will undergo significant...
Jewellery stolen
JEWELLERY worth an estimated $8000 was stolen from a Pakenham home last week.
Police said thieves forced entry through a side window of the Aberdeen...
Friend rallies for truckie
By Sarah Schwager
A PAKENHAM woman is helping raise money for the family of a local truck driver who died last Friday.
Close friend of Pearcedale...
School house leaders appointed
THERE is no shortage of leadership at Pakenham Consolidated School.
The school recently appointed its young leaders with Julie Morris, Chelsea Hall, Riley Humphreys and...
Petrol charge
A MAN has been charged with stealing petrol from a Pakenham service station.
Police say the 20-year-old Mornington man drove off from the Ampol station...
State school
By Paul Dunlop
HOPE is building that new state schools are soon to be coming to Pakenham.
Hitting back at claims of a chronic shortage of...
Students’ help is in the can
By Melissa GrantCHAIRO Christian School students have a can do attitude.
Grade one and two students from the school’s Pakenham campus visited local food bank...
Street stabbing
POLICE are searching for three youths who stabbed a man in Pakenham last week.
The 35-year-old victim was walking down John Street about midnight...
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Probe into funding, service delivery
Local government funding and service delivery is set to be scrutinised by the Legislative Council Economy and Infrastructure Committee.
The Upper House probe will assess...
